Detecting the effects of a standardized meal challenge on small bowel motility with MRI in prepared and unprepared bowel.
Catharina S de JongeAlex MenysKyra L van RijnArjan J BredenoordAart J NederveenJaap StokerPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)
A significant response to a 300-kcal meal was measured within 10 minutes in unprepared bowel, supporting the clinical use of this challenge to provoke and assess motility changes. A caloric challenge did not produce an observable increase in motility in mannitol prepared subjects.